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Chris Stookey's Blog – June 2012 Archive (3)
Burke, Idaho: A Modern Ghost Town and a Lesson in Economics, Pt. 4
First, let me apologize for taking so long to get this out. Between work and being sick, I just haven't been able to move on to the next chapter of our little story. Onward!
In the previous posting, we left off at the end of what remains of Burke's Commercial District. Thus far, nearly all of the photos that I've shown have been of homes, buildings, vacant lots and hillsides located on the left side of street that runs right through the middle of the town. Are you curious to…
ContinueAdded by Chris Stookey on June 30, 2012 at 18:05 — 2 Comments
Burke, Idaho, a Modern Ghost Town and a Lesson in Economics Part 3
In "Burke, Idaho, a Modern Ghost Town and a Lesson in Economics Part 2", we left off at the point where some inhabited homes transitioned into totally abandoned buildings. As you can see from the closing photo in the previous blog posting, the left side of the street was largely "residential".
One of the physical challenges that the surrounding landscape posed for Burke's residents was that the floor of the canyon is only 300 feet across. Once that "flat" floor space was used…
ContinueAdded by Chris Stookey on June 10, 2012 at 14:58 — 3 Comments
Burke Idaho, A modern Ghost Town and a lesson in economics Part 2
For those of you that have been enjoying my blog posting on Burke, Idaho...here is Part 2. More than likely, this will be a 4-part "series". It did dawn upon me that being as this site is "iKnifeCollector.com", my posting something not-so-knife-related might turn a few people off...I decided to do it anyway. Why? Well...I've noticed that most of us that enjoy slip-joint pocket knives, think a little "differently" and tend to truly enjoy Americana and American History. Sure, I enjoy modern…
ContinueAdded by Chris Stookey on June 3, 2012 at 18:37 — 4 Comments
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